Dave Sanchez is an average boy with an after-school job and a pet gecko named Sticky. All very normal—until the day Sticky talks. Sticky tells Dave a wild tale of a former life of crime, searching for
Revealed at last--secrets and surprises from ace detectives Chet Gecko and Natalie Attired's criminal casebook! This nifty (and very handy) handbook features tips and techniques for detective work: ho
A perfect introduction to history for young and old, this illustrated journey through our world's culture and events travels from the Big Bang to the iPod and into the future. This is a trip through t
Hamster is determined to visit his cousins on the moon. He knows they must be eager to meet him. But his friends decide to go to the North Pole instead.A funny full-colour early chapter book told enti
A warm and heartfelt chapter book about Dani’s love for her dad and her friendship with Ella. It’s a story about sorrow and joy—and how life really is.It’s the second-to-last day of school and Dani’s
A wonderful story of adventure and friendship, and a little monster who doesn’t like to wait–so he decides to step out into the world for the first time.Mr. and Mrs. Mo are busy painting the house, an
Released in September 2015 - available for pre-order. A large-format boardbook looking at the common—and uncommon—animals that live side-by-side all over the world.Each spread in this big boardbook fo
Sometimes the most important things are right under your nose...Tonight Dad wants to show his son something very special: the universe. Of course, they can’t possibly embark on such a daring adventure
“Buzz off,” said the king, shooing the bee from his flower.“Don’t you know I’m the king?”“And I’m the queen,” said the bee, stinging the king’s nose.These stunningly illustrated, ultra-short stories a
Pom is playing with Pim, until suddenly Pim disappears!Pom and the dog look everywhere. Where is Pim?A wonderfully simple story for toddlers, told with few words, humour, unique illustrations, and hea
A delightful and poignant story of wartime Europe told through the eyes of a young girl, trying to make her own sense of a world gone mad.Tomorrow's Schools Today, May 2013Before he becomes a bush, To
When a young girl wakes up in the middle of the night to discover the rest of her family still sleeping, she has a quiet adventure with her cat, including eating some fruit, feeding her pet, and playi
A wonderfully simple story told with few words, unique illustrations, humour, and heart.Pom and Pim are going out.It’s warm. The sun is shining.What luck!Pom and Pim’s day is full of ups and downs, an
With a bit of imagination, anything can become an adventure.A delightful picture book about a father and daughter’s trip into the wilderness, and how children can help parents see the world in a diffe
A zany rhyme story full of bounce and zip and zest.Paula Green, Poetry Box (NZ)A tongue-twisting, ludicrous rhyme full of escalating hilarity and off-the-wall characters. It will have you tripping and
Explores how such animals as the giant beaver, the great auk, and the mamo came to be extinct, and examines the role of humans in the decline of several species.
A vain wolf takes a stroll through the woods and intimidates everyone he meets into admitting he is the handsomest of all, but the wolf encounters a dragon who has a surprise in store for him.
A bumper volume of stories about the hilarious, incorrigible West family.Mum said she nearly died. That wasn't true. But it was a shock for her. She and her sister didn't get along, and here was Aunti
This is a puzzle book that encourages lateral thinking, imagination and optical awareness, without losing its sense of fun or child appeal ... you find fresh dramas with each reading.The Childre
Dave's most despised teacher, a gleeful frog dissector named Ms. Veronica Krockle, is absent. Her students are psyched! But Sticky is suspicious. Especially when the substitute teacher turns out to be
Dave Sanchez (aka The Gecko) and his pet gecko (aka Sticky) are back in their fourth dangerous encounter with the dastardly treasure hunter Damien Black! Thirteen-year-old Dave Sanchez is a daytime st
Could you choose between a superpower and a friend?The evil treasure hunter Damien Black needs some quick cash—so he robs the local bank. But Damien Black didn’t figure Dave Sanchez into his plan. Dav
Chet Gecko’s investigations often show him the seamy underbelly of school life, but this case throws him for a loop. A deadly stink bomb is unleashed, a school building falls to rubble, money goes mis
Inventions, spells, and bullies?oh my!It all begins when Chet’s favorite teacher is fired, only to be replaced by the mechanical invention of Dr. Tanya Lightov?a mysterious Russian scientist.Suddenly,
Dave's most despised teacher, a gleeful frog dissector named Ms. Veronica Krockle, is absent. Her students are psyched! But Sticky is suspicious. Especially when the substitute teacher turns out to be
Could you choose between a superpower and a friend?The evil treasure hunter Damien Black needs some quick cash—so he robs the local bank. But Damien Black didn’t figure Dave Sanchez into his plan. Dav
A crime has been committed that strikes at the heart of Chet's very own family. Some slippery sneak has stolen his mother's beloved pearls, leaving Chet angrier than a nest of hornets on eviction day.
A crime has been committed that strikes at the heart of Chet's very own family. Some slippery sneak has stolen his mother's beloved pearls, leaving Chet angrier than a nest of hornets on eviction day.
Get ready for muckraking time at Emerson Hicky Elementary.Therace is on forstudent council president, butit's quickly getting fishier than the bottom of a pelican's lunch box.
Hold on to your fedoras, Gecko fans, a new detective has arrived at Emerson Hicky Elementary. His name's Bland. James Bland. And he immediately cracks a case that has baffled Chet and Natalie. Do our
Hold on to your fedoras, Gecko fans: Chet and Natalie have at last met their sleuthing match. That's right--a new detective has arrived at Emerson Hicky Elementary. His name's Bland. James Bland. B
In these two wickedly funny, criminally punny mysteries from Chet Gecko's tattered casebook, the detective and his trusty mockingbird associate, Natalie Attired, keep law and order in the halls of Eme
In these two wisecracking, sidesplitting mysteries from Chet Gecko's tattered casebook, the fourth-grade detective and his punning mockingbird partner, Natalie Attired, keep the peace at Emerson Hicky
In these two wisecracking, sidesplitting mysteries from Chet Gecko's tattered casebook, the fourth-grade detective and his punning mockingbird partner, Natalie Attired, keep the peace at Emerson Hicky
Kidnapped! One by one, the members of Emerson Hicky's football team are disappearing. As far as Chet Gecko is concerned, this is a cause for celebration. Only trouble is that Chet's old nemesis, Herm
Chet Gecko doesn't believe in the supernatural. His idea of voodoo is his mom's cockroach ripple ice cream. But when a teacher reports seeing a monster by the light of a full moon, it falls to Chet an
Grammar school--it's all about eating and sleeping. Well, for Chet Gecko, anyway. To Chet, nothing is more divine than a plate of Mrs. Bagoong's Mothloaf Surprise followed by a sweet bit of shut-eye o
Danger may be Chet Gecko's business, but dessert is his delight. . . . Chet Gecko's hunger for mystery is matched only by his appetite for cockroach casserole, mosquito marshmallow surprise, and stink
